The Liao troops invade the land of Song Dynasty by setting up a formidable formation at Tianmen Gate, which can only be cracked by the Dragon-Taming Wood from Muke Fortress. Yang Zongbao is ordered to investigate undercover. The chief of Muke Fortress Mu Guiying admires Yang Zongbao and hopes to marry him. But the arrogant Yang Zongbao despises and makes fun of this country girl because of his noble blood. After a series of funny twists and turns, they finally break through the Tianmen Gate and become a couple. Mu Guiying even becomes a legendary heroine in the war against the Liao Dynasty.

 

 

 

Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company
Shanghai jingju Theatre Company is a national key theatre company assessed by the Ministry of Culture, and a national intangible cultural heritage protection unit. It is a famous performing arts group in China, founded in 1955, with its first director being the master of Peking Opera, ZHOU Xinfang.

 

The Company is steeped in the unique humanistic atmosphere of Shanghai, forming a special artistic style and cultural landscape. It has gathered a great variety of talents and repertoire. The main influential productions include SONG Shijie, The Alliance of Still Water, XU Ce Runs to the Imperial Palace, Black Whirlwind LI Kui, Taking the Bandits Stronghold, Harbour, Ode to the Dragon River, Pan Shi Bay, Adventures of Emperor Qianlong, CAO Cao and YANG Xiu, Pansi Cave, The Beaver Cat for the Prince, The Great Events of Zhenguan, Honorable Official YU Chenglong, Success and Failure on Account of XIAO He, and many other traditional classics.

 

The theatre has always adhered to the philosophy of “promoting the training of talents through the construction of repertoire and ensuring the construction of repertoire through the training of talents”. To this end, the theatre has created and rehearsed a large number of outstanding productions, and at the same time cultivated a creative and performing team with good artistic quality and broad vision. At present, the theatre has a number of outstanding Peking Opera performers including SHANG Changrong, LI Bingshu, CHEN Shaoyun, XIA Huihua, XI Zhonglu, TANG Yuancai, HE Shu and SHI Yihong, AN Ping, LI Jun, YAN Qinggu, HU Xuan, XU Jianzhong, WANG Xiaozhuan, XU Jingen, and WANG Peiyu, LI Guojing, XIONG Mingxia and FU Xiru.

 

The theatre has two performing troupes and the Shanghai Tian Chan Yi Fu Stage and the ZHOU Xinfang Theatre Space, which are mainly engaged in Peking Opera performances. With the deepening of the reform of the arts system, the theatre has formed a management system and operational mechanism that is more in line with the requirements of artistic production, and has a more complete team of creation, production, performance and management.

 

Shanghai jingju Theatre Company is not only well known in China, but has also performed in more than 20 countries in Europe, America and Asia, enjoying overseas fame.